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Touching the sky

October 27, 2015
Feature
Bats are amongst the most agile of fliers – but can it really be their sense of touch which is key to this incredible ability?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Reaching out for the origins of life

October 22, 2015
Feature
Evidence suggests meteorites could have been an important source of the prebiotic compounds required for life on Earth. Now, after the success of ESA’s Rosetta mission, NASA are hoping to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Wasp venom can kill cancer

October 21, 2015
News
Brazilian wasp venom can selectively kill cancer cells without harming normal cells.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology, Zoology
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X-rays unravel fossil secrets

October 20, 2015
News
By using an X-ray imaging technique, palaeontologists have discovered borings made by shell invertebrates in a sea urchin fossil.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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The mysteries of DNA origami unfolded

October 14, 2015
News
Scientists have found that the assembly of DNA into nanostructures follows distinct pathways rather than random ones.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Characterising the future of medicine

October 13, 2015
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. Now,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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DNA repair studies win Chemistry Nobel Prize

October 7, 2015
News
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for their discoveries in DNA repair.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Novel therapies against parasitic diseases win Nobel Prize

October 5, 2015
News
A novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites has won William Campbell and Satoshi _mura half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The other half has...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Protein acts as natural vaccine in bees

October 5, 2015
News
By studying honey bees, entomologists have discovered that a blood protein acts as natural immunisation of bees. A research team at the University of Helsinki used fluorescence microscopy and discovered...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Marine life triggers atmospheric ice

October 1, 2015
News
Marine life in remote ocean regions can contribute to airborne particles that trigger ice formation in clouds. Scientists at the University of Leeds used biological matter samples to discover that...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Botany, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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